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Tubal Ligation

Service/Procedure Summary

Tubal Ligation is also known as 'getting your tubes tied.' This operation is performed to block off a woman's fallopian tubes to prevent pregnancy.

Consult
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
223 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
96 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
89 days
58 days
Halifax
IWK Health Centre
223 days
43 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
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---
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
231 days
---
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
---
---
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
---
45 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
---
156 days
North Sydney
Northside General Hospital
---
65 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
---
---
Truro
Colchester Regional Hospital
---
---
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
---
31 days

Sometimes data is unavailable when it is not submitted to the Department of Health and Wellness, or there were a very small number of patients who recently received the procedure or service.

50%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
83 days
44 days
Halifax
IWK Health Centre
159 days
40 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
---
---
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
203 days
---
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
---
---
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
---
31 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
---
76 days
North Sydney
Northside General Hospital
---
37 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
---
---
Truro
Colchester Regional Hospital
---
---
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
---
21 days

Sometimes data is unavailable when it is not submitted to the Department of Health and Wellness, or there were a very small number of patients who recently received the procedure or service.

Data Source: 
Patient Access Registry Nova Scotia (PAR NS)
Data Period: 
May 1 - July 31 2017
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
September 2017

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Fazil Okuboyejo
New Glasgow
33 days
33 days
Cheryl Pugh
Bridgewater
68 days
36 days
Helen Sandland
Amherst
32 days
77 days
Angus J Gardner
Sydney
42 days
69 days
Natheniel Abutu
Yarmouth
63 days
60 days
Nicholas Braithwaite
Halifax
98 days
47 days
Nicholas Paul Clague
Truro
89 days
65 days
Michael Osasere
North Sydney
58 days
99 days
Stephen Maldwyn Owen
Bridgewater
77 days
96 days
Changulanda Joshi
New Glasgow
89 days
107 days
Leslie Houck
Yarmouth
87 days
124 days
Erin MacLellan
Sydney
145 days
80 days
Adedayo MD Taiwo
Antigonish
154 days
112 days
Channabasav Shettar
Yarmouth
36 days
246 days
Louai Jony
Truro
126 days
196 days
Michael W Rudd
Kentville
167 days
235 days
Farrell Nette
Kentville
336 days
74 days
Gregory Tynski
Kentville
252 days
175 days
Anna Coolen
Kentville
---
76 days
Barbara M Parish
Halifax
---
---
Catherine M Craig
Halifax
---
---
David Rittenberg
Halifax
---
---
Dawn C Edgar
Antigonish
252 days
---
Leanne McCarthy
Halifax
---
155 days
Nancy Ann Van eyk
Halifax
---
---
Philip Pink
Truro
---
---
Sally Jorgensen
Bridgewater
---
---
Scott D Mawdsley
Dartmouth
---
66 days
Winifred W Lee
Dartmouth
---
79 days

Sometimes data is unavailable when it is not submitted to the Department of Health and Wellness, or there were a very small number of patients who recently received the procedure or service.

50%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Fazil Okuboyejo
New Glasgow
28 days
25 days
Angus J Gardner
Sydney
28 days
27 days
Michael Osasere
North Sydney
28 days
33 days
Cheryl Pugh
Bridgewater
35 days
32 days
Helen Sandland
Amherst
25 days
44 days
Natheniel Abutu
Yarmouth
50 days
32 days
Stephen Maldwyn Owen
Bridgewater
24 days
64 days
Channabasav Shettar
Yarmouth
30 days
60 days
Farrell Nette
Kentville
70 days
28 days
Nicholas Paul Clague
Truro
54 days
47 days
Nicholas Braithwaite
Halifax
68 days
43 days
Louai Jony
Truro
28 days
85 days
Leslie Houck
Yarmouth
45 days
81 days
Erin MacLellan
Sydney
82 days
47 days
Gregory Tynski
Kentville
55 days
75 days
Changulanda Joshi
New Glasgow
82 days
62 days
Adedayo MD Taiwo
Antigonish
90 days
83 days
Michael W Rudd
Kentville
90 days
126 days
Anna Coolen
Kentville
---
48 days
Barbara M Parish
Halifax
---
---
Catherine M Craig
Halifax
---
---
David Rittenberg
Halifax
---
---
Dawn C Edgar
Antigonish
215 days
---
Leanne McCarthy
Halifax
---
50 days
Nancy Ann Van eyk
Halifax
---
---
Philip Pink
Truro
---
---
Sally Jorgensen
Bridgewater
---
---
Scott D Mawdsley
Dartmouth
---
57 days
Winifred W Lee
Dartmouth
---
36 days

Sometimes data is unavailable when it is not submitted to the Department of Health and Wellness, or there were a very small number of patients who recently received the procedure or service.

Data Source: 
Patient Access Registry Nova Scotia (PAR NS)
Data Period: 
August 1 2016 - July 31 2017
Next Update: 
September 2017
Disclaimer: Hospitals and clinics across the province provide all wait time information displayed on this website. Wait times are based on historical data and do not include emergency priority cases. Current wait times experienced by some patients may be different.

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